The Westwood Village Improvement Association is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. Property and business owners created the association in 2011 to provide the Village with functions the city of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...
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May 16, 3:37 pm
Westwood Village Improvement Association recap – May 16
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May 13, 12:31 am
NWWNC wastes over a thousand dollars in attempted business event
A local neighborhood council approved $1,015 in expenses at a special meeting Wednesday for an event that never happened. The North Westwood Neighborhood council first announced “Next Friday,” a monthly event intended to highlight businesses in Westwood, at its January meeting. Read more...
Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council spent over a thousand dollars for “Next Friday,” an event intended to promote local businesses. The event never took place, but the council still had to pay for services owed. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
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May 10, 12:09 am
North Westwood Neighborhood Council: May 8
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to LA City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and held monthly. Read more...
Photo: (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
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May 6, 1:22 am
NWWNC has two weeks to approve grants for local organizations before election
North Westwood organizations have less than two weeks left to potentially receive a neighborhood purpose grant from the current council. Neighborhood purpose grants, which are grants given by neighborhood councils to benefit community organizations, can be issued in amounts up to $5,000 to eligible organizations, such as approved nonprofit organizations and public schools that lie within the boundaries of their respective councils. Read more...
Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council (pictured) and the Westwood Neighborhood Council can award neighborhood purpose grants to eligible applicants to be used for the benefit of their neighborhoods. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
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May 3, 12:39 am
North Westwood Neighborhood Council discusses Sepi’s closure and reasons for it
Westwood stakeholders said the closure of a local sports bar was a failure as a community at a meeting Wednesday. The first agenda item of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council addressed the closure of Sepi’s, a longstanding Westwood sports bar. Read more...
Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council met Wednesday. The first item on the agenda was discussion of Sepi’s, a local sports bar that closed recently. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)
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May 2, 12:28 am
Westwood has seen nightlife shuttered by local competition, city regulations
Westwood has always faced legal hurdles to expanding its nightlife scene and providing students entertainment after 10 p.m. Organizations like the North Westwood Neighborhood Council have supported the establishment of businesses in Westwood to improve the nightlife scene – such as Rocco’s Tavern and Broxton Brewery – to serve customers from dinnertime onward. Read more...
Photo: Westwood used to have a more prominent nightlife scene. However, the Village has consistently faced legal hurdles to expanding its providing students entertainment after 10 p.m. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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May 1, 12:54 am
Document shows three people account for majority of property appeals in Westwood
Nearly two-thirds of appeals against Westwood businesses and properties in the last 20 years were made by the same three community members. A document compiled by the Los Angeles Department of City Planning listed 72 appeals made since 1998. Read more...
Photo: Three Westwood community members are listed as filing 44 of 72 appeals against Westwood businesses and properties since 1998. (Daily Bruin file photo)